Şevval İlayda Tarhan

Şevval İlayda Tarhan
Personal information
NationalityTurkish
Born (2000-02-04) 4 February 2000
Ankara, Turkey
EducationSports science at Gazi University
Sport
SportSports shooting
Medal record
Women's shooting
Representing  Turkey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 Paris10 m air pistol Mixed team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku10 m air pistol Mixed team
Silver medal – second place2025 Cairo25 m std pistol
Bronze medal – third place2025 Cairo25 m std pistol team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 Osijek10 m air pistol
Gold medal – first place2025 Osijek10 m air pistol trio
Gold medal – first place2025 Osijek10 m air pistol Mixed team
Silver medal – second place2026 Yerevan10 m air pistol Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place2023 Tallinn10 m air pistol Mixed team
Bronze medal – third place2025 Osijek10 m air pistol solo
Bronze medal – third place2025 Osijek10 m air pistol team
Bronze medal – third place2026 Yerevan10 m air pistol trio
Bronze medal – third place2026 Osijek25 m standard pistol
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2022 Baku10 m air pistol Mixed team
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 Changwon10 m air pistol junior
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2019 Osijek10 m air pistol junior
Junior World Cup
Gold medal – first place2019 Suhl10 m air pistol junior

Şevval İlayda Tarhan (born 4 February 2000) is a world and European champion Turkish sports shooter competing in the 10 m air pistol event. She is the holder of the European women's team record and an Olympic silver medal.

Personal life

Şevval İlayda Tarhan was born on 4 February 2000.[1] She is a student of Sports Science at Gazi University in Ankara.[2]

Sport career

Tarhan started her sports shooting career when encouraged by her mother. In her childhood she had been interested in firearms and uniforms, and dreamed of becoming a policewoman or career in the military, a first in her family.[3] She has been competing in the 10 m air pistol event since 2015.[4] She is a member of Ankara Ottoman Shooting Club.[5]

At the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Changwon, South Korea, she set a new national junior record with 237.9 points, and won the gold medal as a Junior.[3][4]

At the 2019 European 10 m Events Championships in Osijek, Croatia, Tarhan set a new European Junior record in the 10 m air pistol event, and took the gold medal in the Junior category.[6] In the Suhl, Germany, leg of the 2019 ISSF Junior World Cup, she captured the gold medal.[7]

She took the bronze medal in the Mixed team event with Yusuf Dikeç at the Baku, Azerbaijan leg of the 2022 ISSF World Cup.[8] At the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria, she placed fourth.[9] At the 2022 European 10 m Events Championships in Hamar, Norway, she and her teammates Elif Beyza Aşık and Seher Tokmak set a new European women's team record in 10 m with 861 points.[10][11]

She received the bronze medal in the Mixed team event of the 2023 European 10 m Events Championships in Tallinn, Estonia.[12] At the 2023 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan, she took the silver medal in the Mixed team event with teammate Yusuf Dikeç.[13] At the 2023 European Games in Wrocław, Poland, she qualified for the ranking match, failed, however, to win a medal. She competed also in the 25 m air pistol event of the same competition without success.[14]

She and her teammate Yusuf Dikeç won the silver medal in the 10 m air pistol Mixed team event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France after losing to the Serbian team in the final.[15]

She won the bronze medal in the 10m air pistol solo event,[16][17] the gold medal with her teammate Yusuf Dikeç in the 10m air pistol mixed team event,[18][19] and the gold medal in the 10m air pisto trio event with her teammates Esra Bozabalı and Şimal Yılmaz at the 2025 European 10 m Events Championships in Osijek, Croatia.[20][21]

References

  1. ↑ "Sevval Ilayda Tarhan". ISSF. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ↑ "Türkiye Üniversite Sporları Federasyonu Ünilig Atıcılık müsabakasında başarımız" (in Turkish). Spor Bilimleri Gazi Üniversitesi. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. 1 2 Samur, Musa (22 November 2018). "'Türkiye'nin Yıldızları': Şevval İlayda Tarhan". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Şampiyon sporcu açıkta kalsı". Anayurt (in Turkish). 7 September 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Türkiye Atıcılık Federasyonu Havalı Silahler Türkiye Şampiyonası Mersin/Erdemli 08-13 Mart 2024 Katılım Listesi" (PDF) (in Turkish). Türkiye Atıcılık ve Avcılık Federasyonu. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ↑ Eroğul, Hüseyin (19 March 2019). "Şevval İlayda Tarhan'dan Avrupa rekoru". Anadolu News Agency (in Turkish). Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ↑ "Genç milli atıcıdan altın madalyaa". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 17 July 2019. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ↑ "Milli sporculardan bronz madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 30 May 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "2022 Oran Akdeniz Oyunşarı – Atıcılık" (in Turkish). Türkiye Milli Olimpiyat Komitesi. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "European Shooting Championship Rifle/Pistol/Running Target 10 m Hamar, NOR 18-28 March 2022 – Results Book" (PDF). European Championship 19 m 2022 Hamar, Norway. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "Havalı tabancada Avrupa rekoru". TRT Spor (in Turkish). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Milli sporcular bronz madalya kazandı". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 11 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Milli sporculardan bir olimpiyat kotası bir de gümüş madalya". TRT Haber (in Turkish). 26 August 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  14. ↑ "Polonya'da Avrupa Oyunları'nda Şevval İlayda Tarhan finale yükselemedi". SonDalika (in Turkish). 26 June 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "Paris Olimpiyat Oyunları'nda Yusuf Dikeç ve Şevval İlayda Tarhan ikilisinden gümüş madalya!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 30 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  16. ↑ "Büyük gurur! Şevval İlayda Tarhan bronz madalya kazandı". beIN Sports (in Turkish). 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  17. ↑ "Results 10m Air Pistol Solo Women Bronze Medal Match" (PDF). SIUS. 11 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
  18. ↑ "Yusuf Dikeç ve Şevval İlayda Tarhan, Avrupa şampiyonu oldu <date=10 March 2025". beIN Sports (in Turkish). Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  19. ↑ "Results 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold Medal Match" (PDF). SIUS. 10 March 2025. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  20. ↑ "Milliler, Avrupa Havalı Silahlar Şampiyonası'nda altın madalya kazandı!". Hürriyet (in Turkish). 12 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "Results 10m Air Pistol Trio Women Gold Medal Match" (PDF). SIUS. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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